POST ✦ LIKE IN AN OLD FASHIONED NOVEL

[caelestialis]

Hello! I'm Ainsley.

I was hoping to ask for some help in some things right now. It would mean a lot to me if I could have a moment of your time.

First thing is that I was wondering if there's anyone who has knowledge re: occult and cults and things like that. It's because I learned that I may have been part of a cult due to the strange titles they were using in a meeting in my memory. It's a long shot but it felt like to me that they were very important so there has to be some evidence of them being here. Right?

Anyways these were what the titles that were being used in my memory. They must have some meaning behind them.

[ she starts to list them off in her post: the moon, the magician, the tower, and so on. for some it'll soon become obvious that she's listing off titles that belong to the major arcana of tarot cards. really. ]

The second thing is that I need help in translating letters I got last month. Strange, I know, but this is not as threatening compared to the last thing they gave me so I suppose that's a step up.

A lot of them are in languages I don't know all that well. Like Japanese and French and the like. If anyone can help me out with this, I would be very grateful and be willing to pay you for your time in this. I should warn you though that a lot of the text seems to be missing from the letters so I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense.

Thank you for reading this! And for any possible help along the way too.

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[caelestialis]

[ that's a kind way to describe it. she has another way to phrase that in mind but it mostly involved frustrated swearing so no need for that. ]

I'll send you photos of the letters in full if it helps. These were just sent to demonstrate it what it looked like during the strange transition.

[megabond]

I see.

I would try to question how a letter updates itself, but with all of this craziness that is happening in the city, I feel that this question shouldn't be ask this time.

[caelestialis]

I'm doing this one step at a minute, Augustine.

Translating these letters first. Then I attempt to figure out how this whole 'letters-from-nothing' event is even possible. I do not have the time nor patience to try and juggle everything at once these days. [ really she has an identity and existential crisis to face as is.

if retrospec tried to add anything else to her plate and she will hunt jim down and punch him in the face. ]

[megabond]

Good point. Thinking too much on both of them would make this difficult for us to solve this mystery.

[Once more, the tone of her message makes him worried as he wonders what kind of items did she got that made her completely stressed about it. He knows it might be her bloodied dagger, but still...]

[caelestialis]

Right.

Here are the photos, by the way, before we get too off-tangent with our talk. Take your time in translating them if you want. I'm willing to wait. [ she sends new image files for augustine to look over, the translating eventually revealing several things... ]

[megabond]

Merci. Just give me a minute to go through these letters.

[Of course, a few minutes later, he manages to translate some of the words from her letters. And boy, he found something interesting from its contents.]

From what I can tell from some of the letters you've sent so far, they've seen to be replying to someone. I can tell because some of them start off with the phrase 'What you said in your last letter...' and 'I must disagree with those points...'

[caelestialis]

Well- What are the letters about? Can you tell?

[megabond]

So far, they seem to talk about some other people such as Martus and Aegis Gardner.

And judging by this, the contents of these letters does show some friendliness to these people that were mentioned here.

[caelestialis]

I've heard those names before but I'm surprised to hear Martus and 'friendliness' in any context.

From what I've seen so far, the woman and him were anything but that.

[megabond]

What do you mean?

[Does that mean she has a memory that contradicts these letters?]

[caelestialis]

It's what I'm implying, obviously.

My first memory of anyone involving someone named Martus was him and the woman fighting with each other. It did not end well for either party.

[megabond]

That is strange.

Hmm.. Maybe these letters came from before or after the fight?

[caelestialis]

A mixture, it seems. Maybe before/

Others have been giving me back translations of other letters. Apparently the woman stopped talking to him or started ignoring him. Honestly it feels like the letters are so scattered. I wish these were dated, just so there's an easier way to figure out when these took place.

[megabond]

Well, other than the friendly words, the letter seems to talk about things like "the Magician" or "the Tower".

[caelestialis]

The Major Arcana titles I've mentioned. It does line up with what I know. Alright, that's something I should remember for future things.

Thank you for your help, Augustine. I think we've learned all we could from these letters for today. Unless there's something else you need to tell me.

[megabond]

Judging by the letters, I think that's all I can decipher.

Although, if it really can update itself, maybe I'll try to find out more about them.